17 h. ago Female paedophile and child rapist, 31, found dead in prison

An investigation is under way into the death of Rebecca Holloway

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37 h. ago Female child rapist and mother, 31, is found dead in prison while serving 12

Rebecca Holloway, 31, died at Low Newton Prison, County Durham, on Thursday, February 13, after being jailed for 12-and-a-half years at Teesside Crown Court in 2020.

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3 d. ago South Carolina conducts first US firing squad execution in 15 years: ‘Barbaric’

Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot dead by prison staff despite outcry over ‘cruel’ method and calls for clemencyThe US has conducted its first execution by firing squad in 15 years, with South Carolina prison officials shooting to death Brad Sigmon, 67, on Friday evening, despite widespread concerns about the safety and cruelty of this method.Sigmon was the oldest person to be executed in the state’s history and his death was part of a series of rapid killings the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives capital punishment. There had been growing calls for clemency, but minutes before Sigmon was killed, the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, announced he would not be intervening. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Sadistic son of man who 'inspired' Trainspotting's Begbie found dead in prison

Dean MacLeod, who was found dead in his jail cell days after a violent attack on an officer, carried out horrendous crimes with his dad, Ian MacLeod, who was a notorious gang leader

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5 d. ago 'Trainspotting' dad of blowtorch killer found dead in prison was '80s gang leader'

Ian 'Bronco' MacLeod, the father of the sick blowtorch killer who died while in prison, is understood to have inspired the crazed 'Begbie' character from Trainspotting

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7 d. ago 'Blowtorch killer' dies in prison days after drenching officer in boiling water and sugar

Dean 'Denim' MacLeod was found dead on Sunday in Low Moss Prison where he was serving a lengthy sentence for brutally torturing and murdering two innocent men with his dad

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7 d. ago Sadistic torture killer found dead in cell at Scots jail days after attack on prison officer

Dean ‘Denim’ MacLeod and his father were both found guilty of torturing and killing two innocent men.

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1 week ago Three Met Police officers set to face misconduct probe after exposing 15

The teenager, referred to as Child Q, was strip-searched by female Met officers in 2020 after she was wrongly suspected of bringing in cannabis to her school in Hackney, East London.

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1 week ago Forget the Epstein files, this is the REAL bombshell: Top lawyer makes fresh case for why billionaire was MURDERED... and it's scarily compelling

From the moment Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on his prison cell floor six years ago, a noose made from an orange bedsheet around his neck, the conspiracy theories ran wild.

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1 week ago Husband who murdered his wife in 'honour killing' confessed to his son where he buried her body during prison visit before police found human remains next to lay

hmed Al-Khatib, 46, from Gorton had admitted the location of his dead wife's - Rania Alayed - body to his son during a prison visit before her remains were found by a lay-by.

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2 w. ago Notorious 'drug kingpin' dubbed 'The Fly' is arrested in Romania months after he was sprung from prison van in ambush that left two guards dead

Notorious 'drug kingpin', Mohamed Amra, known as 'The Fly' has been arrested in Romania after staging a deadly escape killing two guards and leaving others seriously injured nine months ago. 

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